Lower pricing structures for oral weight-loss medications from Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly are increasingly motivating patients to transition away from compounded drugs toward authentic branded options. Historically, the rampant shortages of branded injectable obesity treatments allowed compounding pharmacies to flourish by mixing their own personalized formulations.
Global pharmaceutical companies are delaying the launch of new medicines in Europe as they navigate pricing uncertainties driven by U.S. policy changes under President Donald Trump. The U.S. government has been pushing to lower prescription drug costs by linking them to prices in other developed markets, particularly Europe, through a “most-favoured-nation” pricing model.

